Student Excellence Fellows are District 200 educators who have:
- been awarded Student Excellence Grants
- completed a successful Fund-a-Classroom Campaign and/or
- been named as a Distinguished Educator
Fall 2021 Grant recipients and Fund-a-Classroom campaign recipients are listed first.
Following the recent recipients is the full list of Student Excellence Fellows.
Educators are listed alphabetically by school, along with their Fellow “qualifications.” Feel free to reach out to learn more about their work. Each of them have benefitted from the work of the Foundation in various ways and can speak to how you might get involved as well.
RECENT
Fall 2021 Grant Recipients
Successful Fund-a-Classroom Campaigns
| School | Educator | Grant / FAC | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson | Erin Young | FAC | magnetic letters for Kindergarten classroom |
| Franklin | Cheryl Hasenjaeger | FAC | Math Lab classroom supplies |
| Hawthorne | Holly Zimmer | grant | LLC Improvement – Lounge seating |
| Hubble | Kelly Moran | FAC | High Quality Literature for 8th Grade Classroom Libraries |
| Hubble | Lisa Stollard | grant | Science World Magazine for 6th Grade Team and Choices Magazine for Health Department (6, 7 and 8th Grade) |
| Lincoln | Candace Hsu | grant | A Classroom Library for Diverse Learners – 8 sets of 4 titles |
| Lincoln | Stephanie Korntheuer | grant | Enriching Multilingual Learners to Excel in Literacy (resource boxes, learning materials, and books) |
| Monroe | Sara Aghazadeh | grant | Summer reads: books for 6th graders to take home |
| Pleasant Hill | Annie Murray | grant | Mobile Standing Desk/Stool – 3rd grade flexible seating consistent w/COVID restrictions |
| Pleasant Hill | Jennifer Rath | FAC | Flexible Seating, Play, and Movement Equipment for Kindergarten Classroom |
| Pleasant Hill | Kathleen Morgan | grant | Counting cubes and materials |
| Sandburg | Theresa Rindt | grant | SEL Through Story-Based Learning – Books with SEL focus |
| Washington | Lauren Hrunek | FAC | Hokki Stools for 5th Grade Classroom |
| WNHS | Colleen Wiegman | grant | Providing Barrier-Free Learning Workspaces with Collaborative and Flexible Seating – Tables/chairs in Biology classroom |
| WWSHS | Jacqueline Vasquez | grant | Program Flexible Learning Environment – Flexible seating, greenery, storage and lighting for SKILLS (Emotional Disability Support) Classroom |
| WWSHS | Phil Culcasi | grant | The Digital Anatomy Classroom – TV monitor |
| Whittier | Lindsey Dantino | grant | Dash Robots – Robots for coding in LLC |
| Whittier | Sara Garner | FAC | Picture Book Sets for March Book Madness in the LLC |
| Wiesbrook | Breanna Mogk | FAC | Story Champs language curriculum |
| Wiesbrook | Lisa Zink | grant | LLC flexible furnishings and technology |
| Wiesbrook | Lisa Zink | grant | Increasing Social Emotional Learning and Empathy through Literature (books) |
ALL Fellows 2015-2021
| School | Educator | Student Excellence Grant | Fund-a-Classroom | Distinguished Educator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bower | Alexis Mahler | Spring 2021, Fall 2016 | ||
| Bower | Eileen Thorp | Fall 2018 | ||
| Bower | Katina Kastrantas | 2018 | ||
| Bower | Kimberly Zamsky | Spring 2016 | ||
| Bower | Kristin Bagley | Fall 2016 | ||
| Bower | Melissa Lamkin | FAC | ||
| Bower | Sue Zurek | Spring 2021 | ||
| Edison | Amanda Austin | 2017 | ||
| Edison | Amy Schwartz | 2017 | ||
| Edison | Brian Wiewiora | FAC | ||
| Edison | Christine Carey | 2020 | ||
| Edison | Claire Annes | 2016, 2017 | ||
| Edison | Janelle Engle (Humann) | FAC | ||
| Edison | Jasmine Shamsuddin | Spring 2017 | ||
| Edison | Kori Wentzloff | Spring 2018 | ||
| Edison | Lauryn Humphris | Fall 2019 | ||
| Edison | Michael Pfile | FAC | ||
| Edison | Savanna Dempsey (Schillinger) | 2016 | ||
| Edison | Stephanie Incrocci | FAC | ||
| Emerson | Andrea Kleve | FAC | ||
| Emerson | Catherine Prange | Spring 2016 | ||
| Emerson | Erin Young | Fall 2017, Fall 2016 | 2021 | |
| Emerson | Jen Wecker | 2021 | ||
| Emerson | Jessica Bergren | Fall 2019 (Lincoln) | 2017 (Franklin) | |
| Emerson | Kerry Holy | 2017 | ||
| Emerson | Rachel Stoneberg | FAC | ||
| Emerson | Sharri Moses | FAC | ||
| Franklin | Anna Kim | Fall 2015 | ||
| Franklin | Carl Francik | 2017 | ||
| Franklin | Cheryl Hasenjaeger | 2021 | ||
| Franklin | Christopher Grodoski | Spring 2018 | ||
| Franklin | Jenna Dorshorst | Fall 2015 | ||
| Franklin | Kristin Hughes | Fall 2017 | ||
| Franklin | Laine Pehta | Spring 2021 | ||
| Franklin | Lisa Doherty | Fall 2015 | ||
| Franklin | Liz Simpson | Fall 2017 | ||
| Franklin | Maggie Hammer | Fall 2016 | ||
| Franklin | Ryan Bonnamy | 2017 | ||
| Hawthorne | Amy Janavich | 2017 | ||
| Hawthorne | Ashley Young | Spring 2018, Spring 2016 | ||
| Hawthorne | Danielle Moran | Fall 2018 | ||
| Hawthorne | Holly Zimmer | Fall 2021 | ||
| Hawthorne | Janet Heppe | Spring 2016 | ||
| Hawthorne | Julie Schubert | Fall 2016 | ||
| Hawthorne | Kimberly Theodore | Fall 2018 | 2018 | |
| Hawthorne | Michelle Fitzenreider | 2017 | ||
| Hawthorne | Tracy Holland | Spring 2017, Fall 2019 | 2017 | |
| Hubble | Andrew Balzer | Fall 2017 | ||
| Hubble | Edilvergel Quetua | Fall 2015 | 2018 | |
| Hubble | Heather Cacioppo | Spring 2021 | FAC | |
| Hubble | Kelly Moran | 2021 | ||
| Hubble | Kelsey Czerwinski | Spring 2019 | ||
| Hubble | Kristin Diaz | Spring 2020 | FAC | |
| Hubble | Lisa Stollard | Fall 2021 | ||
| Hubble | Mark Hiben | 2018 | ||
| Hubble | Michael Mowell | 2017 | ||
| Hubble | Patrick Bresnahan | Fall 2018, Spring 2018 | ||
| Hubble | RaeEllen Webster | Spring 2019 | ||
| Hubble | Sarah Menich | Fall 2019 | 2019 | |
| Jefferson | Debra Denniger | Spring 2018 | ||
| Jefferson | Kris Stoffels | Fall 2015 | ||
| Jefferson | Krista Petrilli | Fall 2015 | ||
| Jefferson | Mary Iffert | Spring 2016 | ||
| Jefferson | Stephanie Zentner | Fall 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Deborah Earnst | Spring 2016 | ||
| Johnson | Disa Messina (Loizzo) | Spring 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Gail LoBue | Fall 2018 | 2017 | |
| Johnson | Jessica Novakowski | Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016 | FAC | |
| Johnson | Katie Gabor | Spring 2021 | ||
| Johnson | Lauren Strickland | 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Liana Waldron | Spring 2016 | ||
| Johnson | Nina Gianfrancesco | Spring 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Tracy Jeffrey | Fall 2019 | ||
| Lincoln | Brittany Reid | Fall 2018 | ||
| Lincoln | Candace Hsu | Fall 2021 | ||
| Lincoln | Ellen Therens | FAC | ||
| Lincoln | Joanna Wsol | 2018 | ||
| Lincoln | Kelly Giacolo | Fall 2018 | ||
| Lincoln | Lauren Lichtenberg | Spring 2020 | ||
| Lincoln | Nicole Kappelman | 2017 | ||
| Lincoln | Sarah Peterson | Fall 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | ||
| Lincoln | Stephanie Korntheuer | Fall 2021 | ||
| Longfellow | Barbara Anderson | Spring 2016 | ||
| Longfellow | Deborah Houlihan | Fall 2017 | ||
| Longfellow | Jenna Riordan (now Fitzwater) | 2018 | ||
| Longfellow | Katherine Ekstrand | Fall 2017, Fall 2015 | ||
| Longfellow | Nancy Nicholson | Fall 2015 | ||
| Longfellow | Rebecca Huff | Spring 2017 | ||
| Longfellow | Taryn Parise | Fall 2015 | ||
| Lowell | Anne Marie McDonald | Fall 2016 | ||
| Lowell | Brooke Thurston | Spring 2021 | ||
| Lowell | Kelly Woods | Spring 2019, Fall 2015 | ||
| Lowell | Laura Baumann | Spring 2018 | ||
| Lowell | Mary Carlson | Spring 2016 | ||
| Madison | Aditi Acharya | Spring 2017 | ||
| Madison | Erin Barnham | Fall 2015 (Longfellow) | ||
| Madison | Jamie Beal | FAC | ||
| Madison | Jordan Yi | Spring 2020 | ||
| Madison | Laura Aguilar | FAC | ||
| Madison | Tom Grace | Spring 2016 | ||
| Madison | Lisa Feeley | 2019 | ||
| Monroe | Becky Rauen | FAC | ||
| Monroe | Dawn Radford | 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Jeff Novak | 2019 | ||
| Monroe | Julie Michalak | 2021 | ||
| Monroe | Katelyn Polizzi | Spring 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Kimberly Minarich | 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Kristine Sierakowski | 2018, 2017, 2016 | ||
| Monroe | Lee Prior | 2020 | ||
| Monroe | Lucia Baker | FAC | ||
| Monroe | Meg Bohr | 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Michelle O’Rourke | 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Sara Aghazadeh | Fall 2021 | ||
| Monroe | Tammy Scioli | FAC | ||
| Multiple | Megan Gitter | Spring 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Annie Murray | Fall 2021 | 2020 | |
| Pleasant Hill | Betsy Prange | Fall 2016 | 2019 | 2019 |
| Pleasant Hill | Deborah Vernetti | Spring 2019 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Estefany Rozo Olaya | Spring 2020 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Jennifer Rath | Fall 2019 | 2021 | |
| Pleasant Hill | Juliana Nielsen | Spring 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Kathleen Morgan | Fall 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Laura Bellanca | 2021 (Virtual Academy) | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Mary Collins | Spring 2016 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Melissa Sender | Fall 2015 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Renee Klopfenstein | Spring 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Stephen Slates | Fall 2016 | ||
| Sandburg | Becky Misulonas | Spring 2020, Fall 2018 | FAC | |
| Sandburg | Lynn Foerstel | Spring 16 | ||
| Sandburg | Maria Georganas | Fall 2016 | ||
| Sandburg | Theresa Rindt | Fall 2021, Spring 2016 | ||
| Transition | Deborah Thomas | Fall 2017 | ||
| Washington | Amy Kovarik | Fall 2017 | ||
| Washington | Angela Sheppard | Spring 2021 | ||
| Washington | Cara Switalski | FAC | ||
| Washington | Don Casper | Spring 2017 | ||
| Washington | Jennifer Coover | 2018 | ||
| Washington | Krista Lipnisky | Spring 2017, Fall 2015 | ||
| Washington | Krystn Weisheit | Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017 | ||
| Washington | Lauren Hrunek | Fall 2019 | 2021 | |
| Washington | Mary Schlick | Spring 2016 | ||
| WNHS | Allie Ravanesi | Fall 2019 | ||
| WNHS | Colin Murphy | Spring 2017 | ||
| WNHS | Colleen Wiegman | Fall 2021 | ||
| WNHS | Ellen Murphy | Spring 2017 | ||
| WNHS | Erin Moodie | 2021 | ||
| WNHS | Gianna Costa | 2015 | ||
| WNHS | Hayley Lotspeich | Fall 2019 | ||
| WNHS | Heather Gosling | Spring 2019 | ||
| WNHS | John Noe IV | 2018 | ||
| WNHS | Kevin Formanski | 2018 | ||
| WNHS | Kirsten Anderson | Fall 2018, Spring 2016 (Johnson) | ||
| WNHS | Kyle Padera | 2020 | ||
| WNHS | Laura Scott | FAC | ||
| WNHS | Mehret Asgedom | Spring 2020 (Franklin) | ||
| WNHS | Michael Neuhaus | 2018 | ||
| WNHS | Michelle Neibch | 2017 | ||
| WNHS | Robert Griegoliet | Fall 2017 | 2016 | |
| WNHS | Jamie Puorto | 2017 | ||
| WWSHS | David Cho | 2019 | ||
| WWSHS | Dr. Craig Lawrence | 2018 | ||
| WWSHS | Jacqueline Vasquez | Fall 2021 | ||
| WWSHS | James Brennan | Fall 2019 | ||
| WWSHS | James Claud | 2017 | ||
| WWSHS | James Fazio | Spring 2021 | ||
| WWSHS | Joanne Wegscheid | 2016 | ||
| WWSHS | Malinda Holmer | Spring 2021 | 2018 | |
| WWSHS | Matthew Scheffler | Fall 2015 | ||
| WWSHS | Philip Culcasi | Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 | ||
| WWSHS | Richard Burrell | 2020 | ||
| WWSHS | Robert Munro | Spring 2017 | ||
| WWSHS | Sean Norris | Spring 2016 | ||
| Whittier | Barbara Hoskins | Spring 2018 | ||
| Whittier | Barbara McPherson | Fall 2015 | ||
| Whittier | Christine Vance | Spring 2020, FY2016 | ||
| Whittier | Cynthia May | FY2016 | ||
| Whittier | Jill Lang | Spring 2020, Spring 2016 (Johnson) | ||
| Whittier | Kaitlin Snow | Fall 2016 | ||
| Whittier | Kaylene Eschbach | Spring 2020 | ||
| Whittier | Kimmie Kane | Fall 2019 | ||
| Whittier | Kimberly Kern | 2021 | ||
| Whittier | Lindsey Dantino | Fall 2021 | ||
| Whittier | Margaret Moore | Spring 2017 | ||
| Whittier | Megan Bostrom | Fall 2015 | 2015 | |
| Whittier | Sara Garner | Fall 2018, Spring 2016 | 2021 | |
| Wiesbrook | Barbara Hoskins | Spring 2018 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Breanna Mogk | 2021 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Lisa Zink | 2 Fall 2021, Spring 2016 (Whittier) | ||
| Wiesbrook | Matt Sutton | Spring 2020, Spring 2019 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Megan McNamara | 2016 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Sharon Siciak | Fall 2016 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Taylor Wilson | FAC | ||
| Wiesbrook | Todd Jones | 2016 |